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The Past Progressive Use the right form of the verbs in brackets It (snow) again. It (be) gorgeous. Just like a fairyland. All white. And the snow (glisten) in the sun. But the snow flakes (be) light, and as I (glance) out the window, I (notice) that they (melt) the moment they (hit) the pavement so it (can) not be the weather which (make) Andrew late getting home. "I think the traffic and the snow (hold) him up," Sarah said. "If it (snow) in Connecticut, it (can)(slow) Andrew down, and everyone else who (come) back to the city on Sunday night. There , (be) probably a backup of cars." "Thats true, yes," I (say), seizing on this possibility, wanting to ease worry. But the fact (be), Andrew was never late, and that was what (trouble) me now. Sarah (know) it as well as I (do), but neither of us (voice) this thought at the moment.
Generally, British people are renowned for being polite. But some older people in Britain think that people’s manners are worse than they were in the past. When children were sitting at the dinner table fifty years ago, they could not put their elbows on the table or speak with their mouths full. Sometimes, the youngest children were not allowed to speak at all. But today, conversation at the table is normal. Although manners at home have changed, public manners are still important to most British people. They are famous for their ability to queue for a long time, and become very unhappy if somebody ‘jumps’ the queue. British people are often too polite to complain about bad behaviour, but will not hesitate to say something about queue-jumping. The weird thing is that even when they complain, British people sound like they are sorry and say something like “I’m very sorry but I think I was here first.” When it comes to apologising, the British go further than almost every other nation. It’s normal to say sorry if you bump into somebody with your supermarket trolley, but British people often say sorry back to the person that hit them! Now that really is polite! The rules about good and bad manners change as the world changes. A good example of this is how people use their mobile phones. Most people agree that talking loudly about boring business or family problems on a mobile phone while on a train or bus is rude. But many people still do it, and although the other passengers roll their eyes and look angry, very few Brits say anything to the person on the phone. Then there is the question of when to switch your mobile off. In a cinema? Yes, definitely. In a business meeting? Yes, probably. At a business lunch? Well, possibly. СРОЧНО НАДО ПОМОГИТЕ ОЧЕНЬ НАДО ПЖ ПЖ ПЖ
Нужен литературный перевод. Буду очень благодарна! Плюсик вам в карму! Our ancestors were a pretty scruffy, lazy lot, spending most of their time hanging around waiting for history to begin. They only ate what stumbled right in front of them and, unlike their posh relatives in the south of France and Spain, didnt even try to cheer up their caves by painting those daft-looking animals on their walls. Mind you, there are some amongst us, mentioning no names, who believe they did the caves a favour! However, when really at a loose end, they did do strange things with huge stones; stacking them in circles or lines like those at Stonehenge2 or Avebury3, probably for no better reason than to drive everyone crazy centuries later trying to work out why they did it. Eventually, the first tourists started turning up. These swarthy continentals didnt have to go through Customs. No ships, no ports — therefore no Customs. They didnt even have to state how long they intended staying. This began in 4000 years ВС, give or take a century. In those days they always said ВС after the date. "B" stood for "before" and "C" stood for "Christ". God knows how they knew he was coming. Simply the fact that they turned up in boats of some kind proves that the new visitors had more brains than the poor old native Britons, which wasnt difficult. They proceeded to invent clothes, wheels, refrigerators (only joking) and very sharp iron spears which made stabbing our poor forefathers (and fore-mothers) much quicker and easier. Meanwhile (and these dates always seem to cause fights among historians):
